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Why should you care about free radicals?
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Healthcare Traveler
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September 1, 2004
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Because these molecules appear to play a role in the development of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and other diseases. Understanding how free radicals form and what you can do to help keep them in balance is essential to maximizing the care you provide now-and in the future.
Key Words
* free radicals
* reactive oxygen species (ROS)
* superoxide (O2*-)
* hydrogen peroxide (H^sub 2^O^sub 2^)
* hydroxyl (OH*)
* antioxidants
* reduction-oxidation (redox)
* oxidative strees
Whether you work in a hospital, clinic, or community health setting, you've probably cared for patients with one or more of the numerous diseases associated with free radical damage. Free radicals are ...